Comments on: Strange but true general aviation newshttp://blog.aopa.org/blog/?p=5600
Online perspective from the editors of "AOPA Pilot".Mon, 02 Mar 2015 07:10:50 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1By: David Greerhttp://blog.aopa.org/blog/?p=5600&cpage=1#comment-257123
Fri, 13 Sep 2013 23:57:11 +0000http://blog.aopa.org/blog/?p=5600#comment-257123Not that it makes a difference to the outcome of the story, BUT, the Crash into Marion Lake recited in this blog occurred in OREGON, NOT NY.
Marion lake is in the Cascade mountain Range, just outside of the Willamette Valley.
NOT the Adirondack mountains….
Albany paper referred to is in ALBANY OREGON.
I know that people in the East tend to forget that there are inhabitants WEST of the Mississippi, but if you check Google earth….. we’re here.
Still good story, no one hurt, aircraft needlessly damaged on recovery. Is likely in the scrapyard by now.
You think someone would have thought to open doors or figure out some way to allow water to exit the airplane before lifting it with a strap below a heli. But it did land in a designated wilderness area, maybe insurance company just wanted to snatch it out before it caused any damage.
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